News & Feature Stories
Podcast People: The Chosen Brew
If you work in beer or just have a passion for it, chances are there are key beers that brought you to this point. That's the topic at the heart of The Chosen Brew, a podcast that's celebrating its third anniversary this week.
Two Rabbits & A Roo Walk Into An Izakaya
As first collaborations go, it takes some beating. Southern Highlands Brewing, based in regional New South Wales, recently completed a brew with Japan's Two Rabbits. We spoke to both brewers to find out how.
GABS Founders Sell Their Festivals
GABS, the beer festival meets circus that has grown into a multi-city extravaganza over the past decade has been sold. Founders Steve Jeffares and Guy Greenstone have sold it to focus on their Stomping Ground brewing operation.
Crafty Does Movember
The Crafty Pint crew will be turning into Mo Bros and Mo Sistas and getting behind Movember. The Bros will be sculpting 'taches, the Sistas setting themselves other challenges throughout the month.
Crafty Dozen – October 2019
Such has been the nature of recent weeks, we've overshot the mark again, adding more than a dozen new listings to the site before we knew it. So, before we get too far into the next dozen, here's the new arrivals since August.
Beer Travel: Auckland
For years, Auckland's beer scene was left in the wake by Wellington and Christchurch. But that's all been changing in a city that even has its own Beer Mile. Jono Galuszka checked it out in the company of its beer-loving inhabitants.
Down With The Sweetness?
From pastry stouts to milkshake IPAs and fruity cream sours, there's an argument to be made for 2019 being the year of the dessert beer. Mitch Wilkins spoke to people brewing and serving them about their sugary appeal.
Who Brews Wild Polly's GF Beers?
Can brewing with ancient grains win you the title of Australian Father of the Year? Probably not. But Tim Sides is having a fair crack at it with Wild Polly, one of the newer brewing companies found in ACT.
Sauce To Open Brewpub In Cairns
Marrickville hazemeisters Sauce are heading north. They're to open a brewpub in the heart of Cairns in the middle of 2020, thanks to a new partnership with "craft accelerator" Founders First, who are already invested in Jetty Road and FogHorn.
Behind Bars: East of Everything & Rosalita's
Gen and Michael Cotter started bringing good booze to Melbourne's eastern suburbs a decade and a half ago. As they prepare to open Rosalita's – a third venue in the same building – we caught up with the team.
Featured Events
Fixation Bar Shout At Prince Alfred Port Melbourne (VIC)
The season of giving is upon us, and the folk at Prince Alfred Port Melbourne are getting right…
Coming Events
Today,
Fixation Bar Shout At Prince Alfred Port Melbourne (VIC)
Tomorrow,
Nowhereman's Rhapsody XPA Can Launch At Mane Liquor (WA)
December 14th, 2019,
Otter's Promise Third Birthday ft KAIJU! (VIC)
December 15th, 2019,
Hops & Dreams: Beer + Tequila + Cheese At Westside Ale Works (VIC)
December 16th, 2019,
Deadline To Register Beers For The GABS Hottest 100 Kiwi Craft Beers Of 2019
December 17th, 2019,
Ale of a Time Annual Awards At Slowbeer Fitzroy (VIC)
